SOGIE Bill Archives

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Trans women aren’t pretending and they don’t owe anyone disclosure

Posted on July 11, 2020July 16, 2020
Amrie Cruz

Content warning: This story discusses transphobia and accounts of anti-transgender violence and murder Have you been on Omegle lately? Personally, I haven’t used the online chat website since high school.…

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Culture
LGBT

Pres. Duterte hosts thanksgiving party at Malacañang for LGBT

Posted on December 18, 2019June 26, 2020
Kleo Catienza

After high-key saying that being gay is a disease in a speech during an economic forum in Japan, Pres. Rodrigo Duterte held a thanksgiving dinner for members of LGBT Pilipinas,…

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Sen. Sotto refuses to pass SOGIE bill because he can’t find the words “trans woman” and “trans man” in the dictionary

Posted on October 1, 2019October 1, 2019
Sofia Santelices

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression (SOGIE) Equality Bill advocate Sen. Risa Hontiveros said that her proposed measure has enough supporters in the upper chamber–but Senate President Vicente Sotto…

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President Duterte will no longer certify the SOGIE Bill as urgent

Posted on September 11, 2019September 11, 2019
Sofia Santelices

President Rodrigo Duterte will no longer certify the Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression (SOGIE) Equality Bill as urgent after all. Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo clarified this morning that…

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Culture
LGBT

‘Humanizing SOGIE’ highlights the stories of 23 LGBTQ+ Filipinos

Posted on September 6, 2019September 6, 2019
Sofia Santelices

On Sept. 5, SPARK! Philippines, an alliance of Filipino women for reform and progress, launched their national campaign called “Humanizing SOGIE,” a national initiative to advocate for Sexual Orientation, Gender…

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The SOGIE bill is in danger as Tito Sotto declares ‘no chance’ of passing

Posted on August 22, 2019August 22, 2019
Sofia Santelices

The Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE) Equality bill that seeks to protect members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community from discrimination sees no…

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Is creating a third restroom for the LGBTQ+ the solution? The President thinks so.

Posted on August 20, 2019August 20, 2019
Sofia Santelices

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo addressed the media on President Duterte’s stance on comfort rooms for the LGBTQ+ community. “Sabi niya (Duterte) dapat meron nang third restroom for them, napag-usapan namin ‘yun…

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We need to talk about what “equality” really means for the LGBTQ+ community

Posted on June 21, 2019July 26, 2019

The Philippines is considered progressive by other countries in terms of our general treatment towards the LGBTQ+ community—but we have already established we can’t take this statement at face value. …

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Culture
LGBT

Exploring the existence of “sober” safe spaces for the LGBT+ community

Posted on June 4, 2019June 4, 2019
B. del Rio

Compared to other countries, it’s true we are “gay friendly”–a sad thing really, if you think about it. Because reality is, we still treat gay people like sh*t over here.…

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